Where: Grassy area between Dunston Avenue and Reedy Creek from Roanoke Avenue east to Bland St. Why: Planting trees along streams is one of the best ways to improve water quality. A buffer of trees along Reedy Creek will help prevent pollution from entering the creek, stabilize the stream banks from erosion, and create wildlife [...]
PHSSA received more applications than spots were available, and a lottery will be held February 28, 6:30pm, at the school’s temporary location at Woodland Heights Baptist Church-Education Center, 611 West 31st Street in the Cafeteria. The lottery is for the following grades; First, Second and Fourth and is open to the public.
RTD is reporting “A man was transported to VCU Medical Center on Sunday afternoon with serious injuries after falling about 25 feet while rock climbing on the south side of Belle Isle.” But it is Twitter user Andrew Phinney aka (@RVAphinney) who grabbed some pictures of the rescue.
If you have a pickup truck and are looking for your good deed of the day, head to Pony Pasture and get this under the counter commercial fridge out of the river. The fridge is about 50 yards east past the takeout. Prepare to get muddy and I’m sure the fridge weighs a good bit [...]
Karri who lives on the 300 block of Dundee has had a feline visitor the past couple days who doesn’t have the look of a stray. If you think this cat might be yours contact Karri by email at kpeifer@gmail.com.
Young House Love an extremely popular DIY home improvement blog is celebrating 5 years in Richmond. As required by law when celebrating any anniversary they have complied a list of “Top Fives”. Not surprisingly there are some locations you are sure to be familar with. 5 FAVORITE WAYS TO ENJOY A GORGEOUS DAY
If you need a new reason to head to the South-er of the James Farmers’ Market this Saturday, I’ve got one for you. How about hot wood fired pizza cooked before your very eyes? The good folks of Pizza Tonight best known for their delightful pizza kits now has portable wood fired pizza oven that [...]
RTD is reporting that David Hathcock, liaison to Kathy C. Graziano, has been charged with misdemeanor sexual battery and misdemeanor assault and warrants were issued. The charges stem from an alleged touching of co-worker Jennifer Walle last April. Hathcock said today that he learned of the warrants Thursday and turned himself into police at 8:30 [...]
If you spend anytime in Manchester you’ll want to check out this video by NBC12. If you don’t spend anytime in Manchester you should, it is on the edge of renaissance and you’re running out of time to say, “I hung out there before it was hip”.
Second in my ongoing series of with a simple mission, find out more about my neighbors and neighborhood. I plan to ask the same questions to artists, craftspeople, musicians and local business owners. This week we ask questions of Pedro Aida, musician, producer, engineer, and songwriter. Pedro also has the dubious distinction of being one of [...]
Congrats to Patrick Henry for winning this honor. From the PHSSA press release; Students of Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts (PHSSA), Virginia’s first elementary charter school, have been chosen to present a Forestry Exchange Box that will represent the entire state of the Virginia in a national traveling forestry exhibit. The presentation of [...]
We covered the permit issue that Norwood Cottage Bakery found themselves in last week. Chris Dovi and Richmond Magazine.com have the follow up. Be sure to read the whole article because there are some great quotes from McIntyre. But as of Tuesday afternoon, after a busy day visiting various departments at Richmond City Hall, McIntyre [...]
Vintage Richmond is sharing this amazing picture of local favorite Belle Isle this morning. If you love old photos of RVA you need to be checking in on Vintage Richmond on a regular basis.
Managers from the Richmond Stormwater Management unit met February 22nd with residents of the Willow Oaks subdivision to unveil a proposed stormwater management plan designed to resolve long-standing drainage and seasonal flooding issues. The plan has been about six months in the making, and stems from a request last year from the Willow Oaks Civic [...]
No details at this time other than the daily crime report from RPD; 3rd Precinct ROBBERY 2/20/11 8:00 p.m. 1208 Westover Hills Blvd. An employee reported an unknown male robbed the Family Dollar store at gunpoint.
This Saturday, February 26, 2011 1:00-4:00pm, at Huguenot Flatwater there will be a unique sight floating down the river. Art student Sadie Runge will be presenting UFO. Unidentified: A Feathered Objection to Polluted Water. The art piece will consist of cleaned chicken feathers in a contained “floating sculptural barrier”. The motivation for the work is [...]
Well despite my semi-best efforts Karri Peifer of Richmond.com got the scoop on long dormant Parkside Cafe’s possible awakening. She has been given a copy of the menu and reports a opening date of “soon”. On the plus side this soon doesn’t mean summer of 2011 but much sooner. As expected no date was given. [...]
This big guy may just be a feral but hasn’t been seen in the neighborhood before, so I’m posting the information I received. He was spotted in the 5100 block of King William. Today (Monday), this very large yellow tom cat was in my yard. I’ve never seen him before. He was out there sniffing [...]
Lost English Setter (black and white) named Sam. He is 15 years old – hard of hearing, blind. Has blue collar with nametag. If anyone has seen him please call 804-232-1444 or cellphone 804-814-0257. He belongs at 5630 Riverside Drive.
Woodland Heights Civic Association meets tomorrow at 7pm at Woodland Heights Baptist Church, 31st and Springhill in the lunch room. If anyone that attends wants to share some of the big topics that would be great. Thanks.
Located in Manchester on 15th Street, The Dogtown Dance Theater is home to local dance company Ground Zero Dance. This past Saturday the theater has visitors in the form of the Virginia Repertory Dance Company, based at James Madison University. The RTD was there and had this to say about the performance; My favorites of [...]
Breakout your calendar and mark down some dates. The Westover Hills Community Picnic is scheduled for 5/21. As usual it will be catered by O’Toole’s and a special effort is being made this year to provide more entertain for the younger members of our neighborhood, which will allow more socializing for the adults. Prices and [...]
